4 Kidneys and a Wonky Leg

Up at the crack of dawn again, for a 50 odd mile motor up to Edinburgh. The day started overcast and no wind, pretty much as expected, however, despite the lack of wind there was still quite a swell. We made for deeper water which helped somewhat but the waves were still 2 metres in height, but fortunately not breaking.

It soon started to rain, but we were well protected by our canopy, although it was cold.

Looking at the Lat – long figures on the chart plotter, suddenly made me realize, that as the crow flies, we were 300 miles dead North of Swanage!

6 miles out from Berwick and we crossed into Scottish waters, so up went the courtesy flag.

By the time we reached Dunbar the sea had flattened, the rain had stopped, and we could see a bit more of the beautiful coastline as it slipped by. That was also about the time the autopilot stopped working, so its hand steering for a bit until we can get it fixed.

The Firth of Forth is a mass of birdlife with Skua’s, Guillemots and Puffins all around. Bass Rock was totally covered in Gannets.

By the time we got to Glenton Marina the sea was absolutely flat, an eight and a half hour journey, just a shame there was no sailing.

Tuesday we plan to visit Edinburgh, with of course the castle high on the priority list.